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Sporadic
occuring irregularly
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Summation
act of finding total
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Subterfuge
deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape or evade
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Subsidy
direct financial aid by the government
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Supposition
hypothesis, surmise
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Supplicate
petition humbly
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Suture
material used in sewing
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Sustenance
means of support
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Swerve
deviate, turn aside sharply
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Supposititious
assumed, counterfeit
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Subversient
behaving like a slave
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Temporal
not lasting forever
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Tranquility
calmness, peace
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Touschstone
stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys
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Traduce
expose to slander
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Tortilla
flat cake made of oatmeal
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Trajectory
path taken by projectile
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Tonsure
shaving of the head
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Transpire
exhale, become known
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Conspiracy
treacherous plot
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Conglomeration
mass of material sticking together
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Congruence
correspondence of parts
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Transitoriness
impermanence
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Transluscent
partly transparent
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Assymetric
not identical on both sides
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Authoritative
having the weight of authority
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August
impressive, majestic
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Autopsy
examination of a dead body
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Antagonistic
hostile, opposed
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Antipathy
aversion, dislike
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Amphibian
able to live both in land and in water
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Amphitheater
oval building with tiers of seats
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Ambidextrous
Capable of using either hand with equal ease
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Alimony
payment by a husband to his divorced wife
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Analgesic
causing insensibility to pain without loss of conciousness
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Circumscribe
confine, limit
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Daub
smear (as with paint)
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Dawdle
loiter, linger, waste time
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Debonair
friendly, aiming to please
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Decollete
having a low-necked dress
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Defalcate
misuse of money held in trust
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Disconcert
confuse, upset, embarrass
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Discernible
distinguishabe, perceivable
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Disabuse
correct a false impression
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Discourse
formal discussion
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Dissemble
disguise, pretend
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Dissolution
disintegration
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Duress
compulsion by threat
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Exhume
dig out of the ground
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Faculty
mental or bodily powers
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Fawning
courting favour by cringing and flattering
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Foppish
vain about dress and appearance
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Perigree
point of moon's orbit when it is nearest to earth
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Persiflage
flippant conversation
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Pernicious
very destructive
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Peroration
conclusion of an oration
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Precept
practical rule of guiding conduct
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Precipice
cliff, dangerous position
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Precipitate
headlong, rash
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Chronicle
report, record (in chronological order)
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Clangor
loud, resounding voice
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Claustrophobia
fear of being locked in
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Compatible
harmonious, in harmony with
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Commodious
spacious and comfortable
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Compact
agreement, contract
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Comeuppance(n)
rebuke, desert
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Commemorative
remembering, longing
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Compensatory
making up for, repaying
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Compilation
listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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Conclusive
decisive, ending all debate
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Concession
an act of yielding
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Conceit
whimsical idea, extravagant metaphor
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Comprise
include, consist of
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Compromise
adjust, endanger the interest or reputation of
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Concatenate(v)
link as in chain
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Concoct
prepare by combining
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Colander
utensil with perforated bottom
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Colloquy
informal discussion
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Comely
attractive, agreeable
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Cohesion
force which keeps parts together
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Collier
worker in a coal mine, ship carrying coal
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Comestible
something fit to be eaten
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Controvert
oppose with arguments
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Contrived
forced, artificial
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Constraint
compulsion, repression of feelings
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Dilemma
problems, choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives
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Connivance
pretense of ignorance of something wrong
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Disarray
a disordelry or untidy state
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Disapprobation
disapproval, condemnation
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Embed
enclose, place in something
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Caption
chapter, title, heading
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Carat
unit of weight for precious stone
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Carcinogenic
causing cancer
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Carrion
rotting flesh of a dead body
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Castigation
punishment, severe criticism
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Doddering
shaky, infirm from old age
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Exorcise
drive out evil spirits
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Ascetic
practising self-denial
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Apprehensive
fearful, discerning
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Accomplice
partner in crime
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Actuarial
calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics
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Agenda
items of business at a meeting
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Abnegation
repudiation, self-sacrifice
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Anarchist
person who rebels against the established order
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Artifacts
product of primitive cultures
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Austerity
sternness, severity
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Bravado
swagger, assumed air of defiance
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Centrifuge
machine that separates substance by separating them
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Catechism
book for religious instructions
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Complicity
participation, involvement
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Covetous
avaricious, easily desirous of
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Creed
system of religious and ethical belief
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Demographic
related to population balance
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Demotic
pertaining to people
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Desideratum
that which is desired
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Detraction
slandering, aspersion
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Expeditiously
rapidly and efficiently
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Eviscerate
disembowel, remove entrails
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Fastidious
difficult to please
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Fatalism
belief that events are determined by force beyond one's control
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Fluted
having vertical parallel groups(as in a pillar)
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Inscrutable
- not readily investigated, interpreted or understood
- mysterious
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Insularity
narrow-mindedness
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Insouciant
indifferent, without concern or care
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Interstices
chinks, crevices
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Internecine
mutually destructive
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Interlocutory
conversational, not final
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Intrinsically
essentially, inherently, naturally
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Pillory
punish by placing in a wooden frame
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Piquant
- agreeably stimulating to the palate
- spicy
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Pittance
a small allowance or wage
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Plebeian
common, pertaining to the common people
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Plebiscite
expression of the will of the people by direct election
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Platonic
purely spiritual, theoretical
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Polity
form of government or nation or state
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Polygamist
one who has more than one spouse at a time
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Polyglot
speaking many languages
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Punctilious
laying stress on niceties of conduct
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Pundit
learned Hindu, any learned man
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Purgatory
place of spiritual expiation
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Qualified
limited, restricted
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Ramp
slope, inclined plane
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Reparation
amends, compensation
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Subsistence
existence, means of support, livelihood
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Treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
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Ulterior
situated beyond, unstated
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Ubiquitous
being everywhere
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Apparition
ghost, phantom
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Amble
moving at an easy pace
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Audit
examination of accounts
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Annotate(v)
comment, make explanatory notes
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Anneal
reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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Sequester
retire from public life, seclude
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Spoonerism
accidental transposition of sounds in successive words
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Stratum
layer of earth's surface
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Superannuated
retired on pension because of age
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Superimpose
place over something else
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Supernumerary
person or thing in excess of what is necessary
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Sumptuary
limiting or regulating expenditures
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Taxonomist
specialist in classifying
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Tautological
needlessly repetitious
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Thespian
pertaining to drama
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Thaumaturgist
miracle worker, magician
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Thematic
of or relating or constituting a theme
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Tribulation
distress, suffering
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Unanimity
complete agreement
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Vitreous
pertaining to or resembling glass
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Quintessence
purest and highest embodiment
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Ravenous
extremely hungry
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Replicate
reproduce, duplicate
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Singular
unique, extraordinary
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Smolder
burn without flame
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Smattering
slight knowledge
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Solecism
- an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
- a breach of ettiquette or decorum
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Sophomoric
immature, shallow
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Solvent
able to pay all debts
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Codicil
supplement to the body of the will
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Coincident
occuring at the same time
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Complaisant
trying to please
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Conventional
ordinary, typical
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Cynosure
the object of general attention
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Caricature
distortion, burlesque
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Cession
yielding to another, ceding
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Acclaim
applaud, announce with approval
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Asperity
sharpness(of temper)
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Arcade
a covered passageway
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Alluvial
pertaining to the soil deposits left by river
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Diverse
differing in some characteristics
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Distraught
upset, distracted by anxiety
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Discomfit
put to rout, defeat
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Dismember
cut into small parts
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Diaphanous
sheer, transparent
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Dichotomy
branching into two parts
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Demesne
land over which a person has full authority
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Delirium
mental disorder marked by confusion
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Diversity
variety, dissimilitude
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Diversion
act of turning aside
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Diva
operatic singer, prima donna
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Distortion
twisting out of shape
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Escapade
prank, flighty conduct
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Ensconce
- settle comfortably
- shelter
- conceal
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Esteem(v)
respect, judge, value
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Expletive
interjection, profane oath
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Extemporaneous
not planned
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Extant
still in existence
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Expurgate
clean, remove offensive parts of a book
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Faux pas
an error or slip
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Fecundity
fertility, fruitfulness
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Fauna
animals of a period of a region
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Fantastic
unreal, grotesque
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Prosaic
commonplace, dull
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Propulsive
driving forward
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Protocol
diplomatic etiquette
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Provenance
origin or source of something
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Prototype
original work used as a model by others
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Provender
dry food, fodder
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Propound
put forth for analysis
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Proscenium
part of stage in front of curtain
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Proselytize
convert to a religion or belief
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Pussilanimous
cowardly, faint-hearted
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Prurient
based on lascivious thoughts
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Puissant
powerful, strong
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Pulmonary
pertaining to the lungs
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Presentiment
premonition, forebodding
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Problematic
perplex, unsettled
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Redoubtable
formidable, causing fear
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Redress
remedy, compensation
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Refractory
stubborn, unmanageable
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Refraction
bending of ray of light
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Recreant
coward, betrayer of faith
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Recourse
resorting to help when in trouble
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Reconcile
make friendly after quarrel
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Reciprocate
repay in kind
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Refutation
disproof of opponent's argument
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Repercussion
rebound, reaction
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Nirvana
buddhist teachings
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Nomenclature
system of names
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Musky
having odor of musks
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Aboriginal
being the first of its kind in a region
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Abrade
wear away by friction
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Collage
work of arts put together from fragments
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Collate
examine order to verify authenticity
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Collateral
security given for loan
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Progeny
children, offspring
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Prognathous
having projecting jaws
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Prognosis
forecasted course of a disease
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Dispassionate
calm, impartial
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Yield
amount produced, crop
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Effervescence
inner excitement
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Yeoman
middle-class farmer
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Worldly
engrossed in matters of this earth
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Disquisition
a formal systematic inquiry
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Vaunted
boasted, highly publicized
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Indisputable
too certain to be disputed
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Plenipotentiary
fully empowered
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Pomposity
self-important behaviour
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Tribunal
court of justice
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Tribute
tax levied by a ruler, mark of respect
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Trident
three-pronged spear
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Trilogy
group of three works
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Emblazon
- to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices
- celebrate
- extol
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Embroil
throw into confusion, involve in strife
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Distant
reserved or aloof
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Obfuscate
confuse, muddle
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Nonplus
bring to a halt by confusion
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Non sequitur
a conclusion that does not follow from the facts stated
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Nostrum
questionable medicine
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Dissertation
formal essay
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Egoism
excessive interest in one's self
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Proletarian
member of the working class
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Promulgate
make known by official proclamation or publication
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Frenetic
frenzied, frantic
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Empirical
based on experience
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Enclave
territory enclosed within an alien land
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Defeatist
attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
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Sardonic
disdainful, sarcastic
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Rudimentary
not developed, elementary
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Rueful
regretful, sorrowful
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Guise
appearance, costume
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Gustatory
effecting the sense of taste
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Figurine
small ornamental statue
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Filial
pertaining to a son or a daughter
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Perversity
stubborn maintenance of a wrong cause
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Pessimism
belief that life is basically bad or evil
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Embark
commence, Begin a journey
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Barrage
barrier laid down by artillery fire
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Barrister
counselor at law
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Capillary
having a fine bore
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Legacy
a gift made by will
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Legend
explanatory list of symbols on a map
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Legerdemain
sleight of hand
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Ellipsis
omission of words from a text
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Felon
person convicted of a grave crime
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Elliptical
- oval
- ambiguous-either purposely or because key words have been left out
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Divination
foreseeing the future with the aid of magic
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Jargon
language used by special group
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Jaundiced
- yellowed
- prejudiced
- envious
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Kaleidoscope
tube in which patterns are made by reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass
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Emeritus
retired but retained in an honorary capacity
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Kindred
similar in nature or character
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Roan
brown mixed with grey or white
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Docket
program as for trial: book where such entries are made
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Roil
to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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